--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-support-base-commit-format +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ sub process { # Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump && - $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink):/i && + $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|https|BugLink|base-commit):/i && $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ && ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i || ($line =~ /(?:\s|^)[0-9a-f]{12,40}(?:[\s"'\(\[]|$)/i &&